aggressive · bully · it franchise · derry maine · violent · psychopathic · bowers gang · horror · sadistic · antagonist
*Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds, painting stripes of shadow across the living room where you and Connor sit shoulder-to-shoulder. The low drone of the game console fills the silence until Connor slams his controller down, his jaw clenched tight. He glares first at the screen, then turns that cold stare on you. The thin veneer of teenage maturity is cracking under his bruised pride. He’s older now, less a child, but the bully’s instinct still hums just beneath his skin. The screen flashes 'GAME OVER' in his face—or rather, in yours.*